Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections
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Resumo: | The roles and positive impacts of business incubators, including virtual ones, in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in multiple industries, and their consequent contributions to fostering sustainable economic growth and social development, have been highly advocated in the extant literature. Nonetheless, several authors highlight the urgent need to further carry out research concerning these structures’ operation models by involving end users, since knowledge related to this phenomenon remains scant. This study sets out to convey the third phase of a broader research and development project following a design science research methodology. Ultimately, this contributes to the field by proposing a new virtual business incubator model with immediate practical applicability. This model was cocreated and validated with 23 incubator managers and startup founders from 15 business incubation centers during focus group sessions and organized into 8 dimensions concluded as fundamental in future digital incubation programs. Moreover, this study offers knowledgeable guidelines to support academics, practitioners, organization managers, or other professionals interested in building and running virtual business incubators. The main strengths and weaknesses of the proposed model are also highlighted, and several recommendations are provided to surpass the expected challenging stages of its implementation. |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry ConnectionsIncubator modelEntrepreneurshipStartupGuidelinesDigital transformationVirtual incubatorFrameworkBusiness incubationInformation and communications technologyThe roles and positive impacts of business incubators, including virtual ones, in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in multiple industries, and their consequent contributions to fostering sustainable economic growth and social development, have been highly advocated in the extant literature. Nonetheless, several authors highlight the urgent need to further carry out research concerning these structures’ operation models by involving end users, since knowledge related to this phenomenon remains scant. This study sets out to convey the third phase of a broader research and development project following a design science research methodology. Ultimately, this contributes to the field by proposing a new virtual business incubator model with immediate practical applicability. This model was cocreated and validated with 23 incubator managers and startup founders from 15 business incubation centers during focus group sessions and organized into 8 dimensions concluded as fundamental in future digital incubation programs. Moreover, this study offers knowledgeable guidelines to support academics, practitioners, organization managers, or other professionals interested in building and running virtual business incubators. The main strengths and weaknesses of the proposed model are also highlighted, and several recommendations are provided to surpass the expected challenging stages of its implementation.MDPIRepositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do PortoVaz, R.Vidal de Carvalho, JoaoTeixeira, Sandrina2023-05-08T10:24:35Z2023-03-172023-03-17T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/22769engVaz R, de Carvalho JV, Teixeira SF. Developing a Digital Business Incubator Model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections. Sustainability. 2023; 15(9):7209. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1509720910.3390/su15097209info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-05-17T01:47:08Zoai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/22769Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:51:03.395821Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections Vaz, R. Incubator model Entrepreneurship Startup Guidelines Digital transformation Virtual incubator Framework Business incubation Information and communications technology |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Developing a digital business incubator model to Foster Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, and Academia–Industry Connections |
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Vaz, R. |
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Vaz, R. Vidal de Carvalho, Joao Teixeira, Sandrina |
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Vidal de Carvalho, Joao Teixeira, Sandrina |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
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Vaz, R. Vidal de Carvalho, Joao Teixeira, Sandrina |
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Incubator model Entrepreneurship Startup Guidelines Digital transformation Virtual incubator Framework Business incubation Information and communications technology |
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Incubator model Entrepreneurship Startup Guidelines Digital transformation Virtual incubator Framework Business incubation Information and communications technology |
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The roles and positive impacts of business incubators, including virtual ones, in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in multiple industries, and their consequent contributions to fostering sustainable economic growth and social development, have been highly advocated in the extant literature. Nonetheless, several authors highlight the urgent need to further carry out research concerning these structures’ operation models by involving end users, since knowledge related to this phenomenon remains scant. This study sets out to convey the third phase of a broader research and development project following a design science research methodology. Ultimately, this contributes to the field by proposing a new virtual business incubator model with immediate practical applicability. This model was cocreated and validated with 23 incubator managers and startup founders from 15 business incubation centers during focus group sessions and organized into 8 dimensions concluded as fundamental in future digital incubation programs. Moreover, this study offers knowledgeable guidelines to support academics, practitioners, organization managers, or other professionals interested in building and running virtual business incubators. The main strengths and weaknesses of the proposed model are also highlighted, and several recommendations are provided to surpass the expected challenging stages of its implementation. |
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